VIDEO: Chairman Price on the Doctor-Patient Relationship

August 19, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the heart of our health care system is the doctor-patient relationship. It is that trusting relationship that drives quality care. When the federal government, however, decides to exert an ever greater level of influence over the practice of medicine – as we have seen under Obamacare – then the doctor-patient relationship is threatened and the quality of care is potentially compromised.

“You as a patient need to know that your doctor is looking out for you. You need to know that when you ask your doctor a question that they’re responding to you in a way that is informed by their experience, their expertise, and their education…If we destroy that trusting relationship, we harm the quality of health care for this nation in ways that really are difficult to calculate. That’s why the doctor-patient relationship is so important. You need to know that what your doctor is recommending for you is exactly what he or she believes is right for you based upon education and science, not based upon what Washington is telling them he or she must do.”

The patient-centered solutions that House Republicans have introduced honor the doctor-patient relationship so as to protect and enhance the quality of health care in our nation. To learn more, go to Better.GOP.

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